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Making a Difference presents fifteen original essays on causation and counterfactuals by an international team of experts. Collectively, they represent the state of the art on these topics. The essays in this volume are inspired by the life and work of Peter Menzies, who made a difference in the lives of students, colleagues, and friends. Topics covered include: the semantics of counterfactuals, agency theories of causation, the context-sensitivity of causal claims, structural equation models, mechanisms, mental causation, causal exclusion argument, free will, and the consequence argument.
This volume investigates the contemporary philosophical landscape regarding causation and counterfactuals through a collection of original scholarly inquiries. The editors, Christopher Hitchcock, Helen Beebee, and Huw Price, curate fifteen essays that address the intersection of causal theory and metaphysical inquiry. The work serves as both a tribute to the late Peter Menzies and a rigorous examination of the mechanisms, semantics, and implications of causal claims in modern philosophy.
What You Will Find
Scope Limits
Experts identify this collection as a high-level resource for researchers and graduate students specializing in metaphysics and the philosophy of science. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose and the specialized nature of the arguments presented within the essays.
Page Count:
360
Publication Date:
2017-01-01
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
ISBN-10:
0191063916
ISBN-13:
9780191063916
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